THOMAGNI, GIOVANNI DAVID. Dell'eccellentia de l'huomo sopra quella de la donna libri tre. Compositione dello eccellente iurisconsulto m. Giouanni David Thomagni, ridotta in tre dialoghi. Venice, Giouanni Varisco, 1565.

8vo (140x90 mm), 18th cent. ‘carta rustica’ pasteboard, with manuscript title on spine, red edges, very light waterstain to the outer margin of first leaves, but generally a clean copy (narrow margins). Woodcut device on title, text printed in cursive type, ff. numb. 168.

First edition of this curious work written, as often seen, in the form of a dialogue among four peopl. The content deals with male superiority, and the author and his friends discuss of the pros and cons of female inferiority.
Adams T-631; Edit16 CNCE 40384; OCLC, 25892565. A. Erdmann, Women in the mirror, n. 76.

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